Our member Joelle Hatem has produced a video showcasing achievements in women’s rights in Lebanon and examples of what remains to be done. The video was produced for our training program “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik – Feminist Tools for Change” which aims at empowering women with the knowledge, tools and resources to bring about change [...]
There is no one definition of what feminism means, so we sometimes refer to it as “feminisms” in the plural. However, the one thing all feminists agree on is that sexism is indeed a well-established problem in our societies (so well-established, in fact, that we say or do things sometimes that demean women without knowing [...]
Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been traveling Lebanon with our training program “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” – Feminist Tools for Change. Primarily targeted at young women, the objective of the program is to provide them with the knowledge, tools and resources on organizing for change, be it by undertaking legal reform, grassroots pressure, [...]
A big thank you to all the fans, friends and supporters who suggested feminist slogans to us. This is the selection of feminist taglines we’ve short-listed following your online submissions and our additional brainstorming sessions. To vote for your favorite feminist slogans, kindly tick no more than 8 choices. We’re planning to produce 4 T-Shirts, [...]
We’re planning to roll out feminist T-Shirts in the coming weeks and we’d like to ask for your suggestions for catchy feminist slogans. Slogans can be in English, Arabic (colloquial or classical) or French. You can send as many as you can think of. We’ll choose the catchiest ones and print them on our T-Shirts. [...]
Nasawiya calls on the international feminist community to add their voices to these wonderful women’s organizations who have issued statements condemning the vicious Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla on May 31, 2010. We urge you to stand in solidarity with the 700 brave activists who put their lives on the line in order to [...]
We are taking our training program “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” – Feminist Tools for Change to the road. After sessions in International College (IC), Saint Joseph University (USJ) – Engineering Faculty (ESIB), Union of Municipalities of Tyre, American University of Beirut (AUB) – Faculty of Health Sciences and scouts group in Harissa, we’re talking to [...]
Secularism has been a critical demand in Lebanon ever since the declaration of independence. Unable to counter the confessional and sectarian loyalties in the years of the civil war, the question of a secular state rises once again to the fore of political life in Lebanon. This question reflects the need of the Lebanese people [...]
We’re thrilled to invite you to an informal chat entitled “Another World Is Here: Anarchism and Collective Living in Barcelona” with our dear queer feminist anarchist Leil. The talk will take place on Friday, 16 April 2010 at 7:00 PM at our office in Mar Mikhael. (Call 01-447 192 for directions.) Leil will be sharing [...]
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